National Youth Gang Ctrc/o Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR)United States of America

Date Published:

04/2004

Page Count:

2

Series:

OJJDP Youth Gang Series

Annotation:

This report summarizes the findings from the 2002 National Youth
Gang Survey, which solicited information from police agencies on
the number and activities of youth gangs in their jurisdictions.

Abstract:

Of the 2,563 survey recipients, 85 percent responded. All cities
with a population of 250,000 or more reported youth gang problems
in 2002, as did 87 percent of cities with a population between
100,000 and 249,999. Thirty-eight percent of responding suburban
county agencies, 27 percent of responding smaller city agencies,
and 12 percent of responding rural county agencies also reported
youth gang problems in 2002. The steady decline of reported gang
problems over the initial survey years is most notable for
smaller cities and rural counties. The survey estimates that
approximately 731,500 gang members and 21,500 gangs were active
in the country in 2002. The estimated number of gang members
decreased 14 percent between 1996 and 2002, and the estimated
number of jurisdictions with gang problems decreased 32 percent.
A total of 142 cities with a population of 100,000 or more
reported both a gang problem and gang homicide data (the number
of homicides that involved a gang member) in 2002. Approximately
half of the homicides in Chicago and Los Angeles in 2002 were
gang-related. 1 figure

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